Vous me croirez si vous voulez
These are tulips, not peonies
Let there be no mistake about it, these beauties growing in sheltered planters in a small neighborhood shopping center in Versailles are tulipes à fleurs de pivoine, a large double late tulip variety which has peony-like petals.
VocabularyLet there be no mistake about it, these beauties growing in sheltered planters in a small neighborhood shopping center in Versailles are tulipes à fleurs de pivoine, a large double late tulip variety which has peony-like petals.
se méprendre sur: to be mistaken about
une pivoine: a peony
Expression
vous me croirez si vous voulez: believe it or not
détrompez-vous: think again; make no mistake
Fo more on peonies and what they say in French, click on: Flower Language
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